Re: The use of binary data in any part of HTTP 2.0 is not good

On 21/01/2013 12:25 p.m., Tim Bray wrote:
> Would it be possible to be data-driven?  Textual formats are
> well-known to be easier to debug; but clearly, if there’s a
> substantial performance benefit to going all-binary, so be it. So what
> is the advantage, quantitatively? -T

Simpler parsing, less CPU loading, fewer interoperbility problem 
possibilities, and ~60% reduction in headers bandwidth if I'm reading 
Marks earlier posts with metrics correctly.

Amos

Received on Sunday, 20 January 2013 23:42:46 UTC